7 Things I Do When I Read Books About Henry VIII

I love any book that has to do with Henry VIII. Philippa has written MANY books about Henry VIII. (Maybe you've heard of the one called The Other Boleyn Girl?)

When I read books about Henry VIII, my family knows it.

Why?

Because I tend to say and do the following:

1. I tell Tom that I get to pick where we eat because I gave him a son and heir. As in, "You want Mexican. I want Italian. But you see, I did do my duty by giving you a son and heir..." (Once Tom said, "An heir to what? We have like $7 in savings.")

2. I ask the kids to kneel for my blessing as they did in Henry VIII's time. It was important to be obedient back then. The children would kneel and would say "lady mother." I asked my kids to call me lady mother and they had the nerve to look at me as though I'm crazy.

3. I wear my Anne Boleyn costume around the house.

4. I call Tom "Sire." You'd think he'd like it but he's all, "Knock it off."

5. I tell the kids stories about Henry VIII. "When he got fat, he smelled. They didn't bathe often back then. So he was fat, he had that wound on his leg that was infected and that smelled too. Can you imagine the smells back then?" Natalie's all, "I don't like this story."

6. I'll say, "Gosh, if I lived in Henry VIII's time, I'd be beheaded. I have a mouth on me." Tom is like, "I'm well aware."

7. I randomly curtsy. Even if I'm in pants. Tom is like, "Stop reading and watching Henry VIII stuff. You get even weirder."

hahaha. I don't think I could have handled the smell, lack of central air, and wearing dresses. My sister and daughter reenact the civil war. I got in a dress once to give tours of an awesome house built in 1820, but I never have plans to do it again.

History doesn't intrigue me but I do get into the characters and story of what I'm reading and sometimes when I lift my head out of a book, I have to re-align and remind myself I'm not in that world anymore.

LOL...Awe, I start to get the same way when I read historical fiction. I went through an Amish phase. Drove my family nuts, because I kept turning out the lights and using candles. Now we laugh. I love history. Will add the book to my goodreads list. Maybe I can drive my teenagers all a bit crazy. I like the idea of having them call me, Lady Mother.

Heck ya! I started watching the Tudors and COULD NOT stop until I was through every episode. The ENTIRE time I had my laptop open and was reading about the actual facts and what happened. From there, I took it back to my AP world history books to and started browsing! It's SO odd to know how the past really happened and how it relates to today. What other books are you reading about them?

I'm totally laughing about what you put your family through for the sake of Henry. LOL. Wasn't he the king who had like 3 of his wives hung? I would NOT have liked to live back then. Too much having to watch what I say.

Ah, this is such a cute post, Amber! Haha. I love Phillipa Gregory's books. I read the other Boleyn Girl and one other of hers (can't name the title at the moment). There have been some pretty amazing movies about Henry the VIII. You could have Netflix 'Henry' party! :)

HAHA what a quirky little trait! Love it! I am not a fan of that king, but that's only because the only exposure I've had to him was the movie The Other Boelyn Girl. He was a huge ass in that movie and I hated him. I also would've been beheaded. As a matter of fact, sometimes I tell my husband I am a reincarnated beheaded queen or princess. He normally just blinks at me. Good guys, our men!

My mum has nearly all of Philippa's book because she loves history. I love history too but have never got around to reading historical books. I remember going to Windsor Castle and standing over where King Henry is buried with Jane Seymour. :)

This post definitely made me laugh! In all seriousness though, I love reading about history and people from the past. It's so interesting to see how much different things were in a different time and place.

I'm not so much of a history buff, but I do get really into whatever I'm reading and tend to take on bits and pieces of the story and characters. I love the Outlander series, and now that I've read and reread it so many times, I often catch myself thinking of certain things in terms of "What would Jamie and/or Claire do about this?" That being said, these books are fantasy with quite a historical fiction sort of swing, so if ever I was interested in history, it's because of Outlander.

Yes, history intrigues me a great deal. I've never been compelled to jump into full character though. I cracked up as I was reading this. It would be fun to watch the scenes you've written about being the played out. Hilarious!

I love King Henry VIII so this post is awesome! I love that you randomly curtsy! And yes, I love the Tudors! Ann Boyeln is my favorite out of his wives so I love that you have her outfit!! Thats amazing!!!

Haha, this was a fantastic read! I got rather obsessed about Henry VIII stuff too after watching The Tudors. I spent AGES on Wikipedia going from one character to the other... same happened with Vikings...

This is so hilarious! I love history, and like you, love using new expressions, puns, and words that I learn. I also like giving my family "mini" history lessons (by mini I mean 1-2 hour rants that are often delusional.) This was just what I needed to loosen up!

hahaha, sounds you are infected with it now! I think I read The Other Boleyn Girl (if this was the one written as a diary). I'm happy I didn't live then, sounds like a rough life and I would not be able to keep my mouth shut either :)